Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest how Thy servants have
everywhere been compassed with tribulations, how their adversaries have
all risen up against them and grievously wronged them. Thy glory beareth
me witness! Were all the wicked doers of the earth to band themselves
against us, and to cast us into a fire such as no man hath kindled, they
would be powerless to distract our gaze from the horizon of Thy name, the
Most Exalted, the Most High, and would fail to turn aside our hearts from
the seat of Thine effulgent glory.
I swear by Thy might! The arrows that transfix us in Thy path are the
ornaments of our temples, and the spears which pierce us in our love for
Thee are as silk unto our bodies. By the glory of Thy might! Nothing
whatsoever can beseem Thy servants except what the pen of Thine
irrevocable decree hath traced in this priceless and exalted Tablet.
All praise be to Thy Self at all times and under all conditions. Thou art,
verily, the God of knowledge and wisdom.